Green Building Architect & Home Design Build Austin

Which green building techniques work for you?

A green building Architect can help you utilize the latest methods and technologies to make the planning, design and construction of your new home or commercial project as sustainable and energy-efficient as possible. Some of the benefits of green building Architect include:

Healthier indoor air quality.

Lower operating costs.

Durable and attractive structures that are in harmony with their surroundings.

Buildings that don’t fluctuate as much from heat to cooling cycles.

Zero-energy and Low-energy buildings that cost substantially less to operate.

Understanding local and national tax-incentives to purchase solar panels or upgrade the energy-efficiency of existing buildings.

Some of the techniques a green-building Architect employs include:

Passive heating, cooling, ventilation and lighting.

Using open-cell foam insulation and vacuum bag insulation panels.

Using solar films and insulated window systems.

Designing the window system and structure to be thermally broken.

Using radiant barriers.

Solar panels and tubes.

Using sustainable and reclaimed materials.

Using split-system heat pumps with high SEER ratings.

We can help you determine which of these techniques makes sense for your project. We can also help you attain a 5 Star Energy Rating from the City of Austin, San Antonio or Fort Worth, and can help you determine if LEED Certification is appropriate for your project.

It is our personal philosophy that homes that are “green” can still be stylish, and don’t have to look like hippie communes. One of the homes we recently designed, has huge panels of glass yet because of some of the Green Building techniques mentioned above has cooling bills averaging $100 per month throughout the Texas summer.

Wittman Panels

Winn Wittman Architecture received a Dream Home Award in 2011 for “Best Green Innovation” for our design of a unique panel system which can be retrofitted to existing buildings for energy savings. These decorative panels (available in a number of patterns) reflect sunlight before it hits the building, thus reducing solar gain. The panels can also qualify for federal and local tax rebates. For more information about this system please contact us.

Winn Wittman Architecture

AUSTIN / SAN ANTONIO AREA OFFICE

Client Testimonials

It was pretty easy to review websites of all the architects within 150 of Lampasas and select four candidates. After interviewing the candidates, it was so simple to narrow it down to two architects. It was amazingly difficult to make a final choice, but once we made that choice we were very satisfied. Winn is very professional and warm, easy to talk to and quick to understand my concepts. He offered additional examples, references and suggestions. But especially, I believe he has the artistic enthusiasm to design a house that is also an “architectural sculpture”, with the visual appeal…

David

“Winn Wittman is extremely talented and gifted Architect. He is almost a miracle worker. We had all but given up on fulfilling our dream of having our own tennis court but then he proposed a very unique and challenging one-of-a-kind design not to be found anywhere else in the world… a tennis court built on cantelevers hanging off of a cliff over Lake Travis! Everyone else we talked to said it couldn’t be done, people literally thought we were crazy to build a tennis court on waterfront property. But Winn came through for us. His creativity, attention to detail…

Julia and Dave

“This man (Winn) put his very existence into this house– I believe that.. and the first time I walked Into this home I told Greg it was like walking into a church or a spiritual place… and I cried. It was a happy cry — it was just that beautiful and that correct.”
– Clients Greg and Contessa McPike

Contessa and Greg

“I first had the pleasure of meeting Winn in the spring of 2000, and quickly knew I had met someone of great imagination, talent and vision. During the ensuing years, I had the joy of being involved in his projects through my business, Spazio. I noticed in particular that Winn develops a bond with his clients that often results in close friendships, where trust and respect are integral. His quiet, thoughtful manner makes all who work with him feel at ease, yet his will to push the envelope is part of the genius. His homes are not formulaic, nor…